U18 World League

Estádio Veneciano
Spectators: 7741 (Terracing: 5807, Seating: 1780, VIP seats: 154) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Damian Grucza got the match started through his kick off. Guga Neves made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Damian Grucza in the 10th minute of play. The supporters of Olimpia HSB booed when Nova Venécia-ES was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 12 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ademir Varela didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 14th minute, Arkadiusz Czajkowski ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Guga Neves was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. In the 20th minute Ademir Varela shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Miromir Mikulski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Guga Neves made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Damian Grucza in the 24th minute of play. Zbigniew Galagan succeeded in the game's 26th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 0-2. If Konrad Puch had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 32nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 36th minute, Arkadiusz Czajkowski left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Olimpia HSB fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-3. Guga Neves showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Zbigniew Galagan, who was totally free with the ball in the 41st minute. When Ademir Varela fell near the penalty area in the 42nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Nova Venécia-ES's protests and gave Ademir Varela a yellow card for diving instead. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-3 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Luís Guilherme de Mendonça stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Arkadiusz Czajkowski received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Guga Neves came out and tried to block the shot, but Arkadiusz Czajkowski slotted it home off the left post making it 0-4 in the 52nd minute. Ismael Brito's late challenge caught a Olimpia HSB's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ismael Brito helped the player get up and apologised. In the 56th minute, Ismael Brito hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Guga Neves made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Arkadiusz Czajkowski in the 64th minute of play. In the 65th match minute, Nova Venécia-ES was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Luís Guilherme de Mendonça to maneuver through the defense. Luís Guilherme de Mendonça hit a great freekick 66 minutes into the match. Konrad Puch kicked well hit freekick during the 70th minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in Olimpia HSB's zone, Hugo de Queiroz stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Miromir Mikulski came out of the goal and Hugo de Queiroz tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. When the match had gone on for 73 minutes, Damian Grucza took a quick shot and it went in 0-5 without a chance for Guga Neves to make any attempt to save it. Guga Neves showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Damian Grucza, who was totally free with the ball in the 77th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Konrad Puch got free with Guga Neves in the 85th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Zbigniew Galagan in the 86thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Guga Neves, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Guga Neves showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Damian Grucza in the 91st minute of the match.